I recently swapped out my old home cinema audio system (a Yamaha DSP-E800 and a Denon stereo receiver) connected via USB DAC and 6 channel analog for an Onkyo TX-SR605 which has HDMI audio connections. In most ways this was an instant upgrade but one issue really frustrated me — volume…
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0Getting high end sound from your PC
For many people, there’s either sound or no sound, the quality doesn’t really come into it. For others, specification and bragging rights rule: bit-rates, sampling frequencies, bandwidth, power handling. For many a simple set of pc speakers will do very nicely, especially if there are 6 or more of them (more is better, right?) But what do you do if you want awesome sound from your computer? What do you do if you are an audiophile on a budget? What if you play games and want surround sound but play music through the same system? There are many choices and this could get very expensive and complex, but it doesn’t have to.
“Hi James I realise it has been a long while, but I just checked this on windows 11 (build 23H2)…”